Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-23
THE AFGHAN DISPUTE
ENDED "A HAPPY RELIEF FOR THE RULER
OF THE AT6HANS.
The Frontier QaestiOn Ssulsd--Gen. BOul,aesfs Pop
Popularity Said 70 Be Waning s-Rancrs Of
Sankey's Death S6ll UaoOadrmd
General Cable Notes.


the Afghan frontier question by the Joint
Commission sitting at st. Petersburg will
doubtless fill the heart of the Ameer Of
Afghanistan with joy, aud cause him for
a moment to forget the local troubles that
beset him.
For the last two years the claims OF
Russia TO certain territory adjoining. and
in some cases including, the Amcer's
dominions have been standing menace to
the peace OF Afghanistan, and q constant
source Of disturbance TO the pease Of mind
ot the ruler Of that country.
Against Russia, OF course, the Amser
could do nothing single handed, and his
sole reliance for protection against the In
cur,ions of the Cars troops was placed
upon the English. Assuming, however,
that this confidence was not misplaced,
and that the Indian Government WAS able
to prevent the forcible seizure OF the
Ameer's territory aud the occupation OF
Herat and other Afghan strongholds, the
battle necessary to achieve these results
would necessarily have heen fought with
in the boundaries of Afghanistan and the
Ameer reduced to the nowise cheerful en-
ployment in his leisure hours Of conten-
plating the consequent devastation Of his
country without the power Of ameliorating
the condition Of affairs.
| REBELS STILL tn RE CONQUERED.
All of these calamitous possibilities are
happily averted for time NJ least, and II
the Amecr could persuade HIS rebellious
subjects to cease hostilities and return to
peaceful pursuits he no doubt would be a.
| free from care and ~ we'll satisfied with his
lot as monarch of his class could reasona-
bly, expect 10 he; but the methods Of per-
suasion employed by the Abdur Rahman
Kahn have not ~ yet proved sufficiently
potent to convince the insurgents of the
error of their ways.
No news Of any important engagement
between the Ameer's troops and the rebels
has been received by the Indian Govern
ment for some time past, but reports are
constantly coming of fights between small
parties, in which the insurgents are almost
invariably represented ~ having been tho
| vic,ors.
The fact is that the Ameer 4 soldiers
have little heart at battling with the
rebels. aud many instances are reported OF
wholesale desertions 10 the enemy. The
question upon which the warfare between
the Ghil1ais and the Ameer is solely that
| Of
PAYING TuE TRIBUTE DEMANDED
by the latter, although efforts have been
made to make it appear that the rebellion
originated and il maintained in the inter
Csts OF various pretenders t0 the Afghan
throne. That efforts have been made 10
marshal the rebels under the banner Of one
or more of taesc pretcDders il quite true,
hut the contest retains precisely the same
ground il had for itS origin. large pro-
portion of the native army Is in sympathy
with the rebels in their efforts 10 obtain
reduction of the tribute cNacted by the
Ameer from the various tribes, and unless
the mOnnrch's rapacity IN considerably
modified, before the lapse oI many months
he will find the number Of rebelliOus
Aighans very largely increased.
Now that one of the causes Of annoyance
and anxiety to the Amecr IL removed he
may consider the adyisability OF taking
into account the welfare Of his subjects by
removing the other and creating for himself
state of happiness such ~ he has not en-
ioyed for nearly three years.
BouIangor's Popularity ON tho Wans.
PARIS, July ~ Comments Of the press
indicate falling oflin General Boulauger's
popularity. La Justice, Clemenceau's pa
per- says that the population Of Paris has
proved its wisdom by not allowing itself TO
larnsh an ovation 10 republican principles
by an outbreak in favor OF private indi-
yidnal.
In R1ubiqne F,anoaise .ays that Cen
eral Boulaneer il an able, energetic general,
hut il IL pity that he ever allowed politics
10 run away with him.
The conservative Dcbds says that the
man whoae influence acted as provOca-
ton 10 premature war has now sunk below
the political horizon.
The Republican Temps says that General
Boulaugcr's political collapse distinctly
strengthens the Republic.
Haptorife, Org Of Paul CaSagnac, rid
icnles the Generals letters and kilograms
sent 10 Paris from CiermoDt-Ferran.
The Figaro pours ridiculc upon the e1-
Minister of War, calls him is general des
miriiions, and says France insists upon
one thing only that Ii the republic. Never
was il clearer that the policy Of VIOLENCE
has not succeeded financially or politically,
at home or abroad"
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